1917_The_Finished_Mystery_Text

the light has shone in their poor, hunted, starvedfaces, as they have listened to Pastor Russell, bythe tens of thousands; and yet, when the lecturewas over, they have wearily gone back to the"husks," from a sense of duty to the memory ofsome man, dead for hundreds of years, whowould, if alive today, be a follower of theReformer, Charles T. Russell, because hefollowed Christ.Neither thirst any more.— "The waters ofTruth shall no longer be brackish with error,being healed at the very spring by a clearerunderstanding of the Word of God."-B266.Neither shall the sun light on them, nor anyheat.— During the Harvest time the Lord'speople, illuminated with the light of PresentTruth, have been shining forth, not with anybrilliancy of their own, but with much of thecoming splendor of the "Sun of Righteousness."Coming in contact with them, it has beeninevitable that the Great Company class shouldfrequently be singed, unable to answer the Truth,and should feel considerable heat. Theircondition has been aptly described by theProphet, "It shall be a vexation only tounderstand the report." (Isa. 28:19.) "As if a mandid flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or wentinto the house and leaned his hand on the wall,and a serpent bit him."— Amos 5:19. 7:17For the Lamb.— Jesus Christ, their eternalFriend— "The same yesterday, today, andforever."— Heb. 13:8.Which is in the midst of the Throne.—Authority, rulership.— A92; Rev. 5:6.Shall feed them.— Be their shepherd. (John10:1-28; 21:16.) They will not have immortality.Their lives will always require to be sustained, asin the case of the angels.And shall lead them unto [living] fountains ofwaters OF LIFE.— They will not have withinthem the "well of water springing up untoeverlasting life," as will the Bride class, but mayfreely take of the "Water of life" which flowsforth from the united well-springs of the